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Law student is deaf and blind: »No one is going to tell me what I can and cannot do«

Sofie Bloch Nielsen has a functional impairment and is frustrated by complicated assistance regulations. She thinks that the University of Copenhagen should level up and be better at catering to challenged students.

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People

DKK 42 million to develop new drugs to treat autism and schizophrenia

With two huge grants behind him, Professor Kristian Strømgaard can now spend three to five years closely studying the development of proteins in brain cells.

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Science

At the Faculty of Science, male teaching staff find it easier to spot talent among male students

Female students have a harder time being perceived as talented than their male classmates by male instructors. Researchers stumble upon a subconcious bias in teaching settings at one faculty.

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People

Neuroscientist and long distance runner had to quit Greenland challenge

Trine Lisberg Toft is one of 18 women on the television series Sled Patrol, fighting to prove that she is strong enough for the elite naval unit Sirius.

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Education

He got a job. But it was a lonely life after uni

During the course of their studies, many students get most of their social needs covered at university. But what do you do after you finish your degree? Mikkel Schmidt talks about how he had to both find new interests and friends, and hold on to the old ones.

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People

University of Copenhagen professor gets highest surgery prize

People have come to Denmark from throughout the world to see Henrik Kehlet's treatment method for surgical patients. His research has reduced patients' hospitalisations and significantly reduced medical complications during operations.

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Working environment

Senior scientist quits academia: He is sick of all the uncertainty

Luis Toledo, a highly recognised researcher at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, is rewriting his CV and orienting it towards the private sector. There is too much work pressure at university.

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Alumni

Butterfly expert loved going to university, but the political propaganda surprised him

When Michael Stoltze started on the biology study programme in 1976, he was told by his tutors that only the working class struggle was important, and that knowledge didn't matter. So he helped start a kind of academic counterrevolution at the University of Copenhagen.

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People

New Geosciences head to foster academic discussions

Vivian Kvist Johannsen is to head the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management from 1 May. She says one of her most important tasks is to help make sure everyone can make sustainable decisions.

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Science

Øresund Aquarium to dissect three sharks during Easter holidays

You can peer into the belly of a shark these Easter holidays. The Øresund Aquarium invites you to turn up for a dissection.

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